Trends of IS&T in the First Half of the 21^st Century

Abstract

In the coming decades, IS&T will continue advancing at high speed, further extend its influence and penetration, change our economy and life styles, and have a deep effect on learning, entertainment, governance, enterprise operation, cultural diffusion, and so on. Computers and communication networks will achieve new advances in terms of speed, capacity, bandwidth, convenience, reliability and security. Disruptive changes in information technology will come after fundamental breakthroughs in information science.